---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1034"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1034 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Property", "Public Fiscal Administration", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbde521f-1d97-4d66-a0ef-d600407703e1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1034&Session=2020"
source_hash: "a23ab6fe73c4f473a6f7c4238aca8aa10a085184da46d49a6b4a85e8507265e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota HB 1034 (2020) — make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1034P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1034)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1034JAP.html&Session=2020&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=1034)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1034ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1034)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 11
- **2020-01-15** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 19 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed H.J. 74 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-13** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1034A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13** Amend the amendment, Passed Amendment 1034C
- **2020-02-13** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 319 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 294 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0. S.J. 460 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 583
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 491
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2020 H.J. 557 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 16, 2020 H.J. 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbde521f-1d97-4d66-a0ef-d600407703e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).